Means for treating match-splints with powdered material.



F. w. LANE.

MEANS FOR TREATING MATCH SP LINTS WITH POWDERED MATERIAL.

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UNITED; STATES? FATE FREDERICK W. LANE, OF CHICO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MEANS FOR TREATING MATCH-SPLINTS WITH POWDERED MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed October 19, 1916. Serial No. 126,503;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. LANE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chico, in the county of Butte and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Treating Match-Splints with Powdered Material, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for treating match splints with powdered material, such as ammonium phosphate, adapted to render the splints non-glowing when they have been ignited and the flame extinguished.

The object of my invention is to provide for the economical, eflicient and uniform ap plication of powdered material" to and throughout the exposed surfaces of the splints during the operation of converting them into matches on a continuous match making machine of the kind in which an endless carrier is employed. 1

The invention, broadly considered, com prises a chamber arranged in the route of the splint carrier of the match machine, said chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for effecting a fall of antiglowing powder within the chamber, throughout its width, or substantially so, during the travel of the carrier, and means for deflecting the carrier through a path below and laterally of the falling powder, whereby the projecting splints throughout the width of the carrier are caused to progress to and through the descending powder in said chamber.

More specifically, the invention comprises a chamber of the character mentioned, having means for guiding the carrier in a looplike course, with the splints pointing toward each other, within the zone of the falling powder.

The invention also comprises a chamber of the character mentioned, having means ar ranged in coiiperative relation to the traveling splints, adapted more effectually to apply the powder to the exposed surfaces of the splint material. 7 V

The invention also comprises novel features of construction and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of an apparatus embodying the principle of my invention, a fragment of the endless carrier, as supplied with match splints, being indicated.

Fig.2 is a transversehorizontal section, as on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the lower part of'the casing, as on the line 33 ofFig.'2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional end elevation of the apparatus, as on the line 4.4 of Fig; 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of'a'part of the carrier, with splints therein, in the region of the spaced powderapplying elements, some of which latter are shown.

Fig. 6 is a detail of several of'said elements.

Referring to the drawings, 10 'designates a part of a splint carrier of any'usual or approved type. The construction illustrated comprises a series of perforated plates hinged or linked together attheir edges to form an endless chain, into the-perforations of which plates rows of match splints (S) are inserted and thus transported in spaced relation to each other throughout the matchmaking path. Suitably-located in the route of the carrier, after it leaves the splint inserting station, is a structure providing a relatively capacious chamber "into and through which the carrier with its load of splints is guided, said splints during their travel within the chamber being treated with an antiglowing material, such, for example, as finely-divided ammonium phosphate.

This structure in its preferred "form comprises a fl-shaped body plate 11, spaced side walls l2 and a double-inclined or V-shaped floor 13; the bodyplate, which constitutes the ends and top of the structure,being provided adj acent-to the respective ends of the floor with an inlet14= and outlet 15 for the splint carrier. Within the chamber of the casing thus provided are suitably-arranged guide elements which'are adapted to deflect the carrier from a horizontal path during its travel throughthe chamber. In the pres. ent instance there are three guide wheels 16, 17 and 18, whereof one (16) is arranged in the upper part of the chamber and the others are arranged in spaced relation to each other adjacent to the inlet and outlet respectively; whereby the carrier as it passes into, through and from the chamber is supported and guided in an upward and downward or loop-like course with the oppositelyprojecting rows of splints traveling in proximity to each other the carrier moves about the lower wheels 17. 18, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. The guide wheels are or may be the usual skeleton type employed in match machines; said wheels being borne by pa allel shafts 19 mounted in suitable hearings on. the supporting frame work. During the upward and downward travel of the liver portions of the loop of the carrier within the chamber, the projecting splints throughout the width of the carrier pass through shower of anti-glowing powdered material and are thereby etlectually coated. typical means for producing an adequate down-porn: of powder is herein illustrated. and will now be described.

rrrranged exteriorlv oi the casing is an elevator-leg comprising a housing 2t and a bucket conveyer .21 t'avelingg' about wheels :22. 2 3 at the upper and lower ends of the housing respectively; the shaft at ot the up} or wheel being provided with a pulley which driven from a suitable source of power. At the lowe end of the housing in hopper 26 having a hinged co er 2? which may be opened to permit the introduction of powdered material to the hopper desired, such material being thence scooped up and 'aised by the succession of traveling buckets: and at the upper end of the housing is a bin 28 into which the powder discharged when the buckets pass over the wheel The hopper and bin are provided withv laterally-extending trough or channel members 2 30 respectively. which are slid into the chamber through entrance tubes BL 32 in that side of the casing adjacent the elevator-leg. hese members extend transversely of the chamber throughout its entire width or substantially so; the trough 30 being disposed cent ally of the space between the two lower guide wheels, on a plane somewhat above their and the trough 29 being located in the channel in the tloor of the chamber.

ll ithin the upper and lower troughs are oppositely-pitche l screw-conve v 3i respectively. the shafts of whi i have their bearinp's in the inner ends oi. the troughs and in the outer side of the elevator housing; whereby the elevator-leg and its appurtenances can be bodily removed from or applied to the *asing; desired. The con- .veyer slia'lits are erguipped with pulleys 35 which are corniected by in ans of a belt 36; the upper shaft being provided wit] a pulley 3'? which is belted will a. pulley on the power-driven shaft Thus the two screw conveyers are concurrently driven.

illG upper conveyor in its rotation progressively feeds the powder trom the bin ""8 of the elevator-leg into and alone he l rough 30. which powder overflows the sides of the trough and pours upon and. into 1nt1- mate contact with the underlying splints, throughout the width of the carrier as they travel upward and downward about the specti e wheels 17, 1S; and the lower conveyor in its rotation removes from the chamber and discharges into the hopper #26 of the elevator-legthe accumulation of powder upon the bottom oi? the chamber.

in order mor effectually to distribute the )OWt'lG among the adjacent splints and to rub the powder well into the surfaces otif the splints, and thus insure their eilicient impregnation, I provide within the chambe a plurality of traveling; frictional elements which are located within the zone of the falling powder and are adapted to contact with or travel. in close relation to the sides or" the indiridu; splints throughout the exposed i the latter. A preferred n r said elements and their actuatl i nd will. now

within the chamber. directly above the screw-conveyer is a freely rotatable roller 39 havinp' a plurality of circumferential grooves corresponding in nrunber and. relative position with the verti *al spaces between the rows of match splints on the carrier. A shaft d1, carrying a. similarly grooved roller is mounted within the chamber directly above the lower screw conveyer. and the two rollers support in their corresponding grooves a series of endless strands ot' i'ltEXlblO material which are concertedly driven. in the present instance the shaft i1 proa'ided w'th a pulley t-lwhich is driven from a suitable source oi power so as to actuate the rol er 42 and impel the ands at a relatively high speed. 'lhese st hands are so arranged as to travel in the spaces between the respective rows of splints as the splints are progressing about the lower guide wheels 17, 18. the vertical runs or stretches oi the strands moving in the same general vertical direction as the nordinate splints. The strands are preterably coniposet ot' sprii'ig belting in order that each strand shall be maintained taut by its inherent elasticity;

but in lieu oi; the spring construction any other suitable material may be employed. is the splint round the wheel 1? the; appr ach the up wardly traveliijig stretches of the strand? and gradually pass irto the spaces between adjacent strands until the splints reach horizontal position. or substantially so, whereupon the splints as the :arrier is deiiected on the wheel 1? toward the wheel 16 are or used to recede from the strands. dimilarly. when the splints round the wheel 18 they enter between and recede from the adjacent stretches of the strands. ilhus the splints in th ir t avel about the wheels. 17. 15% are individually subjected to the lateral rubbing action of the strands tl'n-oughout Iii substantially the length of the splints, and at the same time the powder is well scattered and distributed among the splintsby the rapidly traveling strands.

I preferably arrange immediately above the lower roller 42, a removable pan 4:5 having a perforated bottom 4:6, which pan receives any splints or slivers which may be detached from the carrier by the frictional action of the strands. One side of the casing is provided with a suitable opening whereby the pan can be readily inserted into or removed from the chamber as desired, such opening having a suitable door, as 47.

I also preferably support within the casing, adjacent the vertical runs of the strands and just above the pan &5, two horizontal comb bars 48, the teeth of which correspond with and extend into the spaces between the adjacent strands, thus serving to maintain the strands in parallel relation to each other during their travel in the region of the splints.

It is to be understood that the particular construction herein illustrated and described is designed to exemplify the principle of my invention, and that therefore the mechanism may be considerably modified and still be within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a match machine having a splint carrier, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier with its splints upwardly within the chamber, and means for eflecting a fall of anti-glowing powder upon the upwardly traveling splints within the chamber.

2. In a match machine having a splint carrier, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier, with its splints, upwardly and clownwardly within the chamber, and means for supplying powder to and among the splints during their upward and downward travel within the chamber.

3. In a match machine having a splint carrier, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier, with its splints, in a loop-like path within the chamber, and means embraced by the loop of the carrier for effecting a fall of anti-glowing material upon and among the splints on the oppositely-moving lower portions of said loop.

at. In a match machine having a splint carrier, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier, with its splints, in a loop-like path within the chamber, an elevator-leg, means for feeding anti-glowing powder from the bottom of said chamber to the lower portion of the elevator-leg, and means for feeding the powder from the top of the elevator-leg to the interior of the chamber and discharging it uponand among, the splints on the lower portions of the loop of the carrier.

5. In a match machine having a splint carrier, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier, with its splints in a loop-like path within the chamber, an elevator-leg having upper and lower troughs extending transversely of the chamber, the upper trough being embraced by the loop of the carrier, means for feeding anti-glowing powder from the lower trough to the bottom of the elevator-leg, and means for feeding the powder from thertop of the elevator-leg to and along the upper trough.

6. In a match machine having a splint carrier constructed to support rows of splints in spaced relation'to each other, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for. the carrier, means for deflecting the carrier in its passage through said chamber, a series of spaced elements adjacent the deflected portion of the carrier, whereby the splints in such portion are caused to enter and recede from the spaces between adjacent elements, and means for effecting a fall of anti-glowing material upon and among the splints on the deflected portion of the carrier.

7. In a match machine having a splint carrier constructed to support rows of splints in spaced relation to each other, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for deflecting the carrier in its passage through said chamber, a series of spaced endless strands, means for continuously moving them adjacent the deflected portion of the carrier, whereby the splints in such portionare caused to enter and recede from the spaces between adjacent strands, and means for effecting a fall of anti-glowing material upon and among the splints on the deflected portion of the carrier.

8. In a match machine having av splint carrier constructed to support rows of splints in spaced relation to each other, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for deflecting the carrier in its passage through said chamber, a series of spaced endless strands of spring material, rollers upon which the strands are sup orted and thereby continuously driven a jacent the deflected portion of the carrier, whereby the splints in such portion are caused to enter and recede from the spaces between adjacent strands, and means for efl'ecting a fall of anti-glowing material upon and among the splints on the deflected portion of the carrier.

9. In a match machine having a splint carrier constructed to support rows of splints in spaced relation to each other, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier with its splints in a loop-like path within the chamber, a series of spaced endless strands, rollers upon which the strands are supported and thereby continuously driven adjacent the lower portions of the loop of the carrier. whereby the splints in such portions are caused to enter and recede from the spaces between adjacent strands, and means for effecting a fall of anti-glowing material upon and among the splints on the said lower loop portions of the carrier.

10. In a match machine having a splint carrier constructed to support rows of splints in spaced relation to each other, a chamber having an inlet and outlet for the carrier, means for guiding the carrier with its splints in a loop-like path within the chamber, a series of spaced endless strands, rollers upon which the strands are supported and thereby continuously driven adjacent the lower portions of the loop of the carrier, whereby the splints in such portions are caused to enter and recede from. the spaces between adjacent strands, an elevator-leg means for feeding anti-glowing powder from the bottom of said chamber to the lower portion of the elevator-leg and means for feeding the powder from the top of the elevator-leg to the interior of the chamber and discharging it upon and among the splints on the lower portions of the loop of the carrier.

Signed at Chico in the county of Butte and State of California October 10 A. D. 1916.

FREDERICK XV. LANE.

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